Rita Streich

Rita Streich

Rita Streich (18 December 1920 – 20 March 1987) was one of the most admired and recorded lyric coloratura sopranos of the post-war period. Rita Streich was born in Barnaul, southern Siberia, in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), to a German father who had been a prisoner of war there, and a Russian mother. She moved to Germany with her parents during her childhood. She grew up speaking both German and Russian fluently, something that was extremely helpful during her later career. Among her teachers were Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Erna Berger and Maria Ivogün. She made her debut in opera during the Second World War at the Stadttheater of Aussig, now Ústí nad Labem in Bohemia, in the role of Zerbinetta in Richard Strauss' opera Ariadne auf Naxos, in 1943. Three years later she secured her first engagement at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, where she sang until 1952. In that year she moved to Bayreuth, in 1953 to Vienna, and in 1954 to Salzburg. Appearances at La Scala in Milan and at the Covent Garden followed. In 1974, she taught at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen and the Music Academy in Vienna. She gave master classes during the Salzburg Festival in 1983, four years before her death in Vienna. Her repertoire included roles in Idomeneo, Così fan tutte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Der Rosenkavalier, Siegfried (the Forest Bird) and others. Since she had grown up bilingual, she could also sing Rimsky-Korsakov in the original Russian almost without accent. She was also active in operetta. She made recordings of many classical Viennese operettas, for instance Die Fledermaus, Eine Nacht in Venedig, Der Zigeunerbaron, Boccaccio, Der Bettelstudent and Der Zarewitsch. Her recording of Puccini's "O mio babbino caro" with the Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra conducted by Reinhard Peters, was heard in the 2007 film "Mr. Bean's Holiday" with Rowan Atkinson lip-synching. Source: Article "Rita Streich" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Rita Streich
  • Popularity: 0.592
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1920-12-18
  • Place of Birth: Barnaul, Altai Governorate [now Altai Krai], Russia
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Rita Streich Movies

  • 1994
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    Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute

    Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute

    1 1994 HD

    The Queen of the Night has begged Prince Tamino to free her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the High Priest Sarastro, who has abducted her....

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  • 1959
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    Freunde, vernehmt die Geschichte

    Freunde, vernehmt die Geschichte

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    Melodie der Welt

    Melodie der Welt

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1971
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    Dalli Dalli

    Dalli Dalli

    8 1971 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1957
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    Zum blauen Bock

    Zum blauen Bock

    6 1957 HD

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  • 1964
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    Der goldene Schuß

    Der goldene Schuß

    6 1964 HD

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  • 1969
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    Das Sonntagskonzert

    Das Sonntagskonzert

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1959
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1955
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    Was bin ich?

    Was bin ich?

    6.5 1955 HD

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